DB Cargo orders 200 new diesel locomotives
With the turn of the new year, DB cargo started taking action to modernise its locomotive fleet. The German operator and one of the European…
DB Cargo upgrades fleet with dual-mode locomotives
400 Vectron Dual Mode locomotives will be added to DB Cargo’s fleet in the coming years. The vehicles are able to run on both electrified…
What are the alternatives to an addiction to diesel traction?
It will prove difficult for rail freight to turn its back on the motive power that has been synonymous with industry for over a century.…
Czech company develops hybrid shunting locomotive
Czech rolling stock manufacturer CZ Loko has developed the HybridShunter 400 locomotive. It is the first hybrid vehicle in the company’s portfolio. The locomotive is…
Vectron Dual Mode locomotive completed
Siemens Mobility has accomplished the manufacture of the first Vectron Dual Mode locomotive. The vehicle will be capable to use both electric energy and diesel…
GB Railfreight and B Logistics join forces to move clay
B Logistics and GB Railfreight (GBRf) have begun a new era of shifting china clay slurry between Belgium and Scotland, following the signing of a…